Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-17
THE PROTECTION POLICY AND SUGAR
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RICCLTCRlL INTERESTS.


RICCLTURAL INTERESTS.
We print In this days REpUBLIc most
able and remarkably suggestive article on
the sugar industry Of America, fren the
pen Of eur well-knOwn and highly y-hsnOrsd
citizen, Mr.. John Foos. sterling and vet
eran republican, . Springfield manufac-
turer and Louisiana sugar planter and
sugar manufacturer. 1t may b called John
Foos's message. and Is Is equal to Clevs-
lands or Blaine's. The utterances Of no
man In this city command more conndence
than do the utterances Of Mr.. Focs. He Is
. student and thinker. and at the same
time practical man.
We call attention to the facts and figures
which Mr.. Focs presents to the public in
his paper. Our theory as to protection is
rat 1t Is to the interest Of the American
people to produce within eur own borders,
50 far as II shall be possible, all that we
consume, and In 90 doing keep for circuia-
ZION among 10 the hundreds of millions .!
iollsrs sent abroad for goods and supplies
which can be g well produced here - else
where usually in better quality. Then
the American consumer will pay his money
to an American land not a foreign) pro-
ducer. Then this producer would-as the
foreign producer would not-purchase his
corn, wheat. pork. beef and manufactured
goods Of the great body OF bis consumers,
and there would be an Interchange Of pro-
ducts and hard cash that wsuld be mutually
helpful and beneficial.
1t Is now proposed in congress to make
an exception Of the sugar industry In en-
forcing the policy of protection. and Mr..
F0os-a protectiontst, at all times, and sv-
erywhers t. reduction which. he
claims, will wipe out the entire sugar pro-
duction in the country, and hs shows that
were this done. It would net only involve in
ruin an entire class OF American producers
in the south, but would also work disaster
TO northern agricultural and manufacturing
producers who now sell their products to
Louisiana planters to the value Of SOS, ,000.-
900 year.
But Mr.. Foos states some facts that are
Of great interest to us. outside Of any bear
Ing they may have on tariff questions. We
are told, on trustworthy data, that sor-
ghum cane can be grown in almost ali sec
tons Of the country, aud that government
experiments, through several successive
that, through the diffusion, process. gsod,
well-graired sugar. can Be made. with
profit, from sorghum. He also shows that
the sugar beet can be raised with profit, in
the United States. and that with the sstaN-
lishment Of what are called central sugar
factories, In all the agricultural re-
gions Of the country, We can
raise the sugar beet and manu-
fscture ths sugar from 1t, with
. full degree Of success and fair profit
This information comes at time when the
farmers Of the count,y-and especially Of
this county Of Clark-are giving personal
attention to the policy Of dIversifying agri-
cultural industries. On the afternoon Of
Monday next. at the annual session Of the
Clark county Farmsrs institute. the Hon.
J. II. Brigham will lead In the discussion
of tho QUESTION: What IL the cause Of the
present depression in the farming inssres.s
OF the country ?" and will attempt to ssg-
gest the remedy. Undoubtedly enc Of the
remedies will be this Same diversincatiOa
Of agricultural industries. and We commend
to our farmer friends the very careful pc
rusal Of Mr.. Foos's article, feeling assured
that whatever they may think Of the policy
Of protection, they will find much valuable
and suggestive information in what Mr..
FOos says about the cultivation Of sorghum
and the sugar beet. We take no risk what
ever in predicting that the day IL not far
distant when the central sugar mill will be
as common . feature in the agricultural re-
gions Of the country - the Touring mill
and the cheese factory are now. America
will. in good time. produce her ewn sugar.
instead Of sending abroad hundred mill
ions OF dollars year for the fsreixn product
and will be able to export large quanti-
les.